ALBANY FLORISTS-SPONSORED SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
NA Falcons hit the top of the 2nd Division following a whitewash victory over clubmates the Hawks, with Giles Tushingham, Ed Crawford and David Davies going well for the Falcons. Previous leaders Torbay Academy 3 went down 4-6 to Brixham Trawlers, whose Alan Maynard was man of the match. Brixham Seals, also challenging at the top of the table, squeezed past basement side Torbay Academy’s 4th team 6-4, thanks to another Bob Parkins maximum.
NA Falcons – Ed Crawford, Giles Tushingham, David Davies
Just a couple of results in the First Division: Brixham Sharks defeated Halwell 9-1, with maximums for Gordon Holmes and Clive Banham, whilst Dave Wadling prevented the whitewash with a fine victory over Adam Shipway. Lenard Hernandez and Daniel Barnett had maximums for Torbay Academy 2, who beat Brixham Pirates 8-2.
3rd Division leaders, Denbury Tykes, whose Paul Hine remains unbeaten, had to work hard for their 7-3 victory over Brixham Dolphins. Marldon Tykes, trailing their club colleagues by 27 points, defeated Dawlish Diamonds 8-2; Chris Garner took a maximum for the Tykes, with Martin Charlesworth picking up the two points for the Diamonds. A fine Rob Williams maximum for NA Kestrels helped his side to a 6-4 victory in Bishopsteignton over the Hasbeens.
Rob Williams – NA Kestrels
A series of fine wins by Torres R Us, the latest being a whitewash victory over Brixham Swifts, has resulted in them catching Torbay Academy 7 at the top of the 4th Division. NA Owls lost ground on the leaders following a 5-5 draw with club mates the Ospreys, Rob Bayliss was unbeaten for the Owls. Don Beesley rolled back the years with a fine maximum to help his Dawlish Drifters side to a 7-3 victory over NA Kites. The new-look NA Vultures defeated basement side Dawlish Dodgers 10-0, with Simon Bowden, Pete Sercombe and Matt Cyron going well for the Vultures.
Rob Bayliss – NA Owls
Results
Division One
Halwell 1 (Wadling 1, Sugden 0, Atkinson 0) Brixham Sharks 9 (Holmes 3, Banham 3, Shipway 2, Dbls)
Brixham Pirates 2 (Sharp 1, N Shipley 1, Deakin 0) Torbay Academy (2) 8 (Hernandez 3, Barnett 3, Webster-Hall 1, Dbls)
Division Two
Brixham Seals 6 (Parkins 3, S Shipley 2, Hilton 0, Dbls) Torbay Academy (4) 4 (Frettsome 2, Hoare 1, Bradshaw 1)
Torbay Academy (3) 4 (Piwowar 2, Suarez 1, Furgol 0, Dbls) Brixham Trawlers 6 (Maynard 2, Saxby 2, Pack 2)
NA Falcons 10 (Tushingham 3, Davies 3, Crawford 3, Dbls) NA Hawks 0 (Dummett 0, Doxsey 0, Swettenham 0)
Division Three
Dawlish Diamonds 2 (Charlesworth 2, Copley 0, Frain 0) Marldon Tykes 8 (Garner 3, Ayling 2, Metcalfe 2, Dbls)
Hasbeens 4 (Coxhead 2, Munns 1, Wickens 1) NA Kestrels 6 (Williams 3, Halse 1, Fabian 1, Dbls)
Brixham Dolphins 3 (Stead 1, Williams 1, Meah 1) Denbury Tykes 7 (Hine 3, P Darch 2, H Darch 1, Dbls)
Torre Tigers v Torbay Academy (5)
Division Four
Dawlish Dodgers 0 (Hemming 0, Miles 0, Tee 0) NA Vultures 10 (Sercombe 3, Bowden 3, Cyron 3, Dbls)
Brixham Swifts 0 (Parton 0, Atkinson 0, Rodger 0) Torres R Us 10 (Davies 3, Excell 3, Morris 3, Dbls)
NA Kites 3 (Baxter 2, Short 1, Payne 0) Dawlish Drifters 7 (Beesley 3, Kashap 2, Bussell 1, Dbls)
NA Ospreys 5 (Ferguson 2, Hiles 2, B Pead 1) NA Owls 5 (Rob Bayliss 3, D Bayliss 1, Graham 0, Dbls)
Division One
Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points | |
1 | Torbay Academy 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 17 | 93 |
2 | NA Buzzards | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 25 | 75 |
3 | Brixham Sharkes | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 37 | 73 |
4 | NA Batmen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 35 | 65 |
5 | Torbay Academy 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 57 | 53 |
6 | Halwell | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 75 | 35 |
7 | Brixham Gulls | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 80 | 30 |
8 | Brixham Pirates | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 104 | 6 |
Division Two
Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points | |
1 | NA Falcons | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 29 | 61 |
2 | Torbay Academy 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 31 | 59 |
3 | Brixham Seals | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 33 | 57 |
4 | NA Eagles | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 29 | 51 |
5 | Brixham Trawlers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 35 | 45 |
6 | Taverners | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 55 | 39 |
7 | Marldon | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 53 | 37 |
8 | Battlers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 28 | 22 |
9 | NA Hawks | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 60 | 20 |
10 | Torbay Academy 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 61 | 19 |
Division Three
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points |
1 | Denbury Tykes | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 19 | 91 |
2 | Marldon Tykes | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 42 | 64 |
3 | Brixham Dolphins | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 45 | 55 |
4 | Dawlish Diamonds | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
5 | Hasbeens | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 62 | 48 |
6 | NA Kestrels | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 62 | 48 |
7 | Torre Tigers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 69 | 31 |
8 | Torbay Academy 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 72 | 28 |
Division Four
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points |
1 | Torbay Academy 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 23 | 67 |
2 | Torres R Us | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 23 | 67 |
3 | Torbay Academy 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 26 | 64 |
4 | NA Owls | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 31 | 59 |
5 | NA Kites | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 42 | 48 |
6 | Dawlish Drifters | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 49 | 41 |
7 | NA Ospreys | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 57 | 33 |
8 | NA Vultures | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 57 | 33 |
9 | Brixham Swifts | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 68 | 22 |
10 | Dawlish Dodgers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 74 | 16 |